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| Url: | http://bo-boknows.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | Catherine Elcik |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | dogs, life, writing |
| Description: | Musings on life lessons learned from a greyhound named Bo. |
| Ratings |  (24 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 323 Followers |
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Bo-Bo Knows We've Lost Bo
| Mike and I lost Bo this morning. Not all at once, of course. It's been a long and brutal farewell. But it's finally official. Bo's gone, gone, gone.As of this morning's post Thanksgiving weigh-in, ...more |
2009-12-05
Bo-Bo Knows The Necessaries (Walden, pp 267-281)
| The bare necessities of life are way barer than we think they are.All we really need, Thoreau says, are food, shelter, clothing, and fuel. Maybe a few tools and books, but then again maybe not. Any...more |
2009-12-03
Bo-Bo Knows Hosers (Walden, pp 258-267)
| Jobs are for hosers.That's the clear takeaway in the opening pages to the "Economy" section of Henry David Thoreau's Walden. After introducing the concept of his experiment and inviting readers to ...more |
2009-12-02
Bo-Bo Knows Suburban Walden
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So I've never actually read Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" from start to finish. Excerpts in high school, sure. Different excerpts in college, OK. But mostly I'm guilty offalling for the seduction ...more |
2009-12-01
Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude for Losing Scratch Tickets
| I buy a scratch ticket maybe once every three years, so you know it was a bad day when, exhausted, I convinced myself that the answer to all my problems lay behind a silver film I could scratch awa...more |
2009-11-22
Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude for Old Wisdom
| Long before Nike slapped their just-do-it slogan on billboards and buses, some of the world's best thinkers were teaching that true happiness lies in yanking our thumbs out of our asses and taking ...more |
2009-11-21
Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude for Vicarious Vacation Bliss
| Just when I think I'm getting the hang of this gratitude thing, I go and bury my thankfulness beneath the rubble of some seriously ungrateful griping. Today it was about feeling worn down to the nu...more |
2009-11-20
Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude for Grub Street
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After the initial shock of the September 11th attacks wore off—once it became clear that the nuclear bombs I'd been bracing for weren't imminent—it became even more clear that my well-intended plan...more |
2009-11-19
Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude for Unexpected Visitors
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This morning I can't stop looking at the horse—yes, horse—in my neighbor's backyard. I stumbled from my bed a bit groggy but not so out of it that I failed to wonder what use my neighbors had for ...more |
2009-11-18
Bo-Bo Knows Gratitude for Tea
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Some fanatics will tell you it's all about the ritual, but I think tea's simpler than all that. When I make my daily cup(s) of Bigelow's Plantation Mint black tea, I boil water and plop a bag in wi...more |
2009-11-17
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Catherine ElcikJan 17
Thanks so much for adding me. You could really help me out by rating my blog.
All best,
Cathy
Catherine ElcikDec 9, 2008
Happy New Year, all! Bo's at my side snuggling my hand. That either means, me too, or take me the heck out!! You decide.
Brittany DrennenOct 30, 2008
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Ken GeorgeSep 15, 2008
Thanks for introducing it to me as well as to Facebook's blog network.
And yeah, I really needed to get someone to edit that "about" page on mine. (Though I am thinkin' of calling my next blog "Tongue and Check." ;) )
Ray BoissonneaultAug 28, 2008
Catherine ElcikAug 28, 2008
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